At TIIM’s Festival of New Work, Afro-diasporic movement artist Joachim Keke merges Afro-contemporary dance, communal ritual, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A solo by the choreographer Bintou Dembélé, the first showing of her work in the United States, explored the crossover between hip-hop and diasporic ...

Young brides in Northern Sudan have been performing the Bride Dance on, or near, their wedding nights for thousands of years. Today, plenty of... One Sudan Marriage Ritual: An Alluring Dance A mating ...

When most people think of African dance they imagine celebratory, picture-postcard ritualized movements—swooping arms, undulant shoulders, thundering foot-stamps. But there's a revolutionary cadre of ...

On an August evening on the second floor of the Fitness Works gymnasium in Detroit’s New Center, a dance class is in full swing as six women step up a storm. They make sweeping movements with their ...

The Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” attracts millions of people worldwide to honor the lives of those who have passed on with festive celebrations, parades, feasts, flowers, ...

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...

A South African dancer and choreographer, she was known as a fearless creative force who brought African dance styles to traditional pieces like “Swan Lake.” By Isabella Kwai and Roslyn Sulcas Dada ...

African Acid Is The Future celebrates 11 years of dance, ritual and sonic exploration. At the heart of the night, we welcome ...

Map of Africa -- Overture: A Consideration of the Fragment -- The Surface: Renewal and Identity -- Weathering, Restoration, and Formal Criticism: a Senufo Figure (Poropya) / Till Forster -- Youthful ...